melken

Meaning

1. (transitive) to milk a (farm) animal
2. (intransitive) to play meekly, without risk, notably in duel ball sports like tennis

Concepts

milk

🥛

milking

to milk

Translations

melken

🥛

traire

🥛

ordenhar

🥛

munyir

🥛

αρμέγω

ordeñar

🥛

mungere

🥛

doşîn

🥛

dotin

🥛

mólzer

sağmak

🥛

αμέλγω

mulgeo

🥛

ar’meɣo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛlkə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: melken

Inherited from Old Dutch: *melkan

In summary

From Middle Dutch melken, from Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.